Judges appointed to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) reached an agreement Friday on the most pressing points of contention over the Khmer Rouge genocide trial rules ...
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Judges appointed to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) have begun a 10-day meeting to craft an agreement on judicial rules to govern the anticipated Khmer Rouge genocide trials [JURIST news...
Ex-Khmer Rouge prison chief faces new war crimes charges as genocide trial looms
A Cambodian military court has charged Kaing Khek Iev , also known as Duch, with war crimes in an effort to keep Duch in custody until he can be tried before the Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal [JURIST...
UN reviewing Khmer Rouge tribunal after corruption allegations
The UN Development Programme ordered an audit Wednesday of the human resources practices of the Extraordinary Chamber of the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) , the international tribunal established to try former Khmer Rouge officials,...
Cambodia genocide court judges still split on procedure after latest talks
Officials at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia said Friday that after two weeks of renewed discussion of the procedural rules to govern the trials of Khmer Rouge suspects accused of involvement in the "killing...
Foreign judges in Khmer Rouge genocide trial may step down over procedures
Some non-Cambodian judges involved in the multinational Khmer Rouge genocide trials may resign because of a protracted dispute over procedural rules among the various jurists overseeing the upcoming tribunal, the International Herald Tribune reported Thursday. Tribunal...
Former Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader denies 'killing fields' genocide
Former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea, who faces genocide charges in connection with the deaths of some 1.7 million people in Cambodia's notorious "killing fields" in the 1970s, denied in an interview published in the Phnom...
Cambodia ruling party denounces critics of Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal
The Cambodian People's Party (CPP) , the ruling party of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen , urged critics of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) Sunday to...
Rights group accuses Cambodia of obstructing Khmer Rouge genocide trials
The Cambodian government is interfering with the adoption of court rules to govern the upcoming Khmer Rouge genocide trials, advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday. Tribunal judges convened last month to establish court rules for...
Officials with the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) said Saturday that a meeting of the tribunal's judges convened to consider Draft Internal Rules for pending genocide trials of former...